Attachment for wagon-bodies.



PATENTED JAN. 29, 1907.

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APPLICATION FILED JUNE 13, 1906.

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OTTIS MARK, AINSWORTH, NEBRASKA.

ATTACHMENT FOR WAGON-BODIES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

Application filed June 13, 1906. Serial No. 321,556.

To all -whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OTTIs MARK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Ainsworth, in the county of Brown and State of Nebraska, have'invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Securing Supplemental Wagon-Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a novel attachment which is susceptible of various uses, though primarily designed for securing a supplemental frame or body to the ordinary wagon-body, whereby to increase the depth'or holding capacity of the wagon. v

Advantageous characteristics of a device constituting a convenient embodiment of the invention include means for removably engaging the ordinary wagon-body and the supplemental body or frame when holding them in operative relation and means whereby such supplemental body or frame may be spaced from or a'djustably mounted with re spect to the ordinary body in connection with which it is employed. The details and arrangement of the several parts of the device will be apparent from the detailed description hereinafter contained when read in connection with the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, and wherein the above-mentioned convenient embodiment of the invention is illustrated.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a fragmentary character, showing an ordinary wagon-body, a supplemental frame or body, the two being secured in operative relation by means of my attachment; and

' Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line :0 m of Fig. 1.

Referring'more specifically to the drawings, wherein like reference characters refer to correspondingparts in the several views, A designates the side of an ordinary wagon-body having several series of staples or brackets a curing the two bodies against separation and also for adjusting the supplemental body vertically with respect to the body A.

A description of one of the attachments C will suffice for both, and with reference especially to Fig. 2 it will be noted that the attachment comprises a standard D, adapted to rest upon the wagon-body d and abut the inside surface of the side (1 of said body, a Z- shaped metal bar E, spaced from said standard and adapted to abut the outer face of said side, the offset e at the lower end thereof being arranged to underlie said side,

as also the bottom, while the offset 6 at its upper end is turned outwardly and perforated for the passage of the threaded shankf I of a hooked rod F, the hookf being arranged to engage over the top of the adjacent sides of the supplemental frame or body B and a nut f engaging the threaded shank aforeslotted, as at d and a, respectively, for the passage of an adjustable locking-bolt H,

carrying a binding-nut h. The upper end g of the block G constitutes the seat upon which the bottom of the side of the supplemental body or frame rests, it being observed that the upper end of the standard D normally projects somewhat above said block to engage the inner face of said side of the supplemental body. By adjusting the supportingblock G it will be appreciated that the supplemental body or frame will be spaced a greater or less distance from'the body A, whereby to secure different depths or holding capacities of the wagon or any desired open space between the two bodies, according to the use to which-the wagon is to be ut, the supplemental frame or body being a esirable feature for wagons employed in transportingsaid bar and arranged substantially parallel said bar and arranged substantially parallel therewith, and means for connecting said therewith, means for connecting said standstandard and bar. ard and bar, and an adjustable sup orting- 2. An attachment of the character del block intermediate said standard and bar. 5 scribed, comprising a bar having an ofiset In testimony whereof I aflix my signature part at its lower end, a rod having ofi'set por- I in presence of two witnesses. tions at its upper end and having sliding en- OTTIS MARK.

gagement with said bar, and means for secur- Witnesses: ing said bar and rod in adjusted position, in 1 A. C. TOLlVER, 1o combination with a standard spaced from J. H. HART. 

